Scabbard - German Bayonet (dagger) Feuerwehr Seitengewehr (Fire Service Bayonet - DAGGER). Dress bayonet for ceremonial wear by a fireman with his "walking out" (evening dress) uniform. All German government officials wore a seitengewehr (sidearm) with their dress uniform, a tradition that goes back some 400 years. Although these have no provision for mounting to a rifle, they are still classified as bayonets. The tiger figural is the trademark of Lauterjung & Co., Tiger Stahlwaren-und Waffenfabrik of Solingen. The Lauterjung family began blademaking in the 1700s, producing knives, razors & blades, scissors, table ware, and, manicure implements. They produced daggers 1935–1945, but were not known to have produced comparable material in earlier years. Lauterjung is better known for its other Solingen factory, Puma-Werke. The Puma trademark dates back to Lauterjung's beginnings in the 1700s and remains in commercial use to the present-day. All metal parts are nickel plated. The scabbard is painted with high-gloss black lacquer. Leather washer is present on blade. Black leather belt frog (Carter #293) and Fire/Police troddel (knot). The troddel has a red striped ball, black strap with silver/red thread. It was brought home from WW II by donor Gord Howland's father who said it had been taken from a German officer near the end of fighting in Holland. His father was a Gunner in the Royal Canadian Artillery. Regimental number G49139.